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Nikolaos Sferopoulos, MD

Diagnosis

trauma pressure necrosis/pressure injury

Body Site

heel foot

Age

3 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

well demarcated

Color

red

Morphology

edema

Pattern

solitary

Comments

A 3-year-old boy was immobilized in a below the knee splint following direct trauma from a fallen TV set a week ago. He kept on indicating a painful heel. A nonulcervative pressure erythema was found following cast removal.

Description

localized well demarcated erythema with scale and some edema

Categories

treatment complication orthopedic disorders

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1/26/2008 17:01:45

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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